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aquarium — After watching the crabs and shuddering, I was happy to move on to the more festive, coral tanks.

aquarium — Spent the most time watching the dolphins...

aquarium — Weedy Sea Dragons!

aquarium — ...and the beluga whales! They were my favorite. One of them kept swimming up to the window to look at us closely. It was so interesting to see the curiousity in his eyes. From wikipedia: "[Belugas] possesses a distinctive protuberance at the front of its head which houses an echolocation organ called the "melon" - which is why this species is affectionately referred to as melonheads!

aquarium — Kabourophobia is the fear of crabs and lobsters.

aquarium — Who's watching who?

aquarium — Sawfish

aquarium — The tank is amazing!

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aquarium — ...and then walked over to the Atlanta Aquarium to check out their 6.3 million gallon saltwater exhibit.

aquarium — Here's a closer picture of one of their gorgeous whale sharks. (From their website: "Yushan, 13 feet 7 inches long, and Taroko, 15 feet and 4 inches long, were flown more than 8,000 miles on a specially configured 747 freighter aircraft (!!!) from Taipei, Taiwan, through Anchorage, Alaska, to Atlanta.")

aquarium — Up at 6am the next morning. We said farewell to our awesome hotel...

aquarium — We had a nice relaxing evening of admiring the view.

aquarium — Totally mesmerizing.

aquarium — After getting inspired by our room, we decided to check out the OCEANARIUM downstairs.

aquarium — ...this triggerfish!

aquarium — The aquarium isn't very wide, but it wrapped all the way down the corridor. So there were always new fish swimming into your room! Meredith spotted...

aquarium — ...Hotel H20. You can choose between having a window that looks out onto the bay, or having a room with an aquarium-wall!

aquarium — Nom nom nom!

aquarium — After going through all the underwater tank sections, we spent a ton of time watching the coypu (more commonly known as nutria in the US) play. Their cuteness helped my crab-induced heebie-jeebies go away.

aquarium — ...check out the huge aquarium that's in the mall! Spider Crab! Ew, I can't believe most people that hate the fact that some people eat insects think it's totally ok to eat this freaking thing. Ew! Ew! Ew! It's basically a giant spider that lives underwater (and in my nightmares). Talk about cognitive dissonance! Blech!

aquarium — Look at this little otter guy all fucking chilling on his back, floating around in the tank. He was so cute I wanted to smash the glass and reach in there and drown the little fucker.

aquarium — Hammerhead!

aquarium — I'm not sure what kind of shark this was, maybe a thresher? (I found myself wishing that Grant was there - I mean, the kid's caught so many sharks that I'm sure he would have been able to identify it).

aquarium — After jellyfish, we headed over to the shark tank.

aquarium — Nerd invasion! Meredith walking like an Egyptian in front of the tank.

aquarium — Jellyfish invasion.

aquarium — We spent the most amount of time in the jellyfish rooms watching them slowly undulate and drift in the water.

aquarium — Right near where you walk in there's this huge glass cylinder with a school of thousands of silver fish that are furiously swimming in a circle. It's pretty rad.

aquarium — After our delicious (and courteously served!) meal at Carl, Jr's - we drove down to the Monterey Aquarium.

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